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December 11, 2025

’25 1:8 Onroad World Championship Chassis Focus Index

Another season of IFMAR World Championships wrapped up in Chile last weekend with 1:8 Onroad the fourth & final race of 2025. While IFMAR’s original World Championship would attract a small entry, that didn’t take away from the racing at the front with qualifying ending with cars from four different manufacturers making up the new for 2025 Direct to Final Top 4 qualifiers. For the 1-hour final that number would grow to 5 as Shepherd’s Tim Wood won the Last Chance Qualifier to represent the now British owned brand as the 11th car on the grid. Statistics compiled by IFMAR, this the 24th running of the title race, would show Mugen Seiki as the most popular chassis ahead of Capricorn and Shepherd who tied for second. Racing around the very large CACH, the most common source of power came from Ielasi Tuned followed by Max Power, who thanks to Shoki Takahata make it back to back engine World titles. In terms of radios used, Sanwa was the choice of over 50% of the drivers. With 2 X Mugen Seiki, 2 X Capricorn, 2 X Shepherds, and one Serpent and Xray each, we managed to get our hands on 8 cars from the five manufacturers represented in the final.

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December 10, 2025

Xray X12 1-piece 1.5mm Alu Chassis for Floating Servo

Having released a 2.0mm carbon version last week, Xray has now introduced its 1-piece chassis for floating servo in a 1.5mm Aluminium option. The thinner, optional aluminium chassis lowers CG and generates more flex and is recommended mainly for racing in the modified category, to generate more overall grip, and to increase mid-corner steering. CNC-machined from premium & super-lightweight Swiss 7075 T6 aluminium to reduce the weight and additionally black anodised.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

December 9, 2025

Infinity IF14 Speciale Low Friction Pulleys

Infinity has introduced a number of optional Low Friction Pulleys for their IF14 Speciale 1:10 Electric Touring Car. The pulley is offered in 38T and 40T option while the centre pulley is available in 20T or 22T variants. Produced in a black colour specification the pulleys reduce driver train friction. Additionally to offer performance gain, Infinity has also released Lightweight Upper Pivot Balls that precision-machined from high-strength titanium. They features a shorter screw length than the standard kit upper pivot ball expanding setup possibilities. The Japanese manufacturer highly recommends these pivot ball when using the aluminium hub carrier on the Speciale.

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December 9, 2025

Volker wins EWS International 2025

Mugen Seiki’s Ronald Volker has won this year’s EWS International presented by Schumacher, the German taking the win ahead of Xray’s Alexander Hagberg and Schumacher’s Elliott Harper. Establishing itself as Britain’s top annual international touring car race, with last year’s winner Michal Orlowski not making the trip to Essex due to 1:12 racing commitments in China, it was multiple EWS International winner Volker who led for the weekend. Attracting a field of 40 Modified entries, Volker topped all four rounds of qualifying to secure the overall TQ with Hagberg lining up second, followed by Harper, Kyle Branson, Sören Sparbier, Christopher Krapp, and Lucas Urbain. He would convert his pole position in to wins in A1 & 2 for the overall victory, while the A3 win gave Hagberg the runner-up spot as Harper completed the podium. In Stock it was the Awesomatix of EWS Series Champion Zak Finlay who also dominated proceedings to take the TQ and win ahead of Denmark’s Jesper Rasmussen and Finley Whitelock. In FWD Xray’s Stefan Schulz took the win.

Image: Alexander Hagberg [Facebook]

December 9, 2025

T-Works Body Shell Front End Down Travel Screw V2

T-Works has updated its Body Shell Front End Down Travel Screws with a new Version 2 that is longer to reflect the latest body fitment in Electric Touring Car. Produced from high-quality lightweight 64 Titanium, compared to the orginal version, which was M2 x 14mm, the V2 is lengthened by 5mm. It is adapted to the current popular design of frontward mounted shell bodies, better meeting the needs of its intended applications.

Source: T-Works [rc-tworks.com]

December 8, 2025

Reflex Racing MR-04 Low Profile Damping System

1:28 specialists Reflex Racing has released this new Low Profile damper system for the Kyosho MR-04 Mini-Z. By use of some clever engineering and repositioning of the dampers on the MR-04, they have been able to achieve an extremely low centre of gravity suspension set up for your AAA car. Simple and high performance, this suspension kit is compatible with traditional T Bars, ensuring easy installation and reliable performance. The kit comes with everything necessary to install in your MR-04, with the exception of a top shock. Here, you can chose to use the Reflex Racing RX28A-33 or any other ‘traditional’ 1:28 scale centre shock. The POD will only fit round can motors.

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December 8, 2025

Orlowski adds Asia title to 1:12 CV

Reigning World Champion and a 2-time European Champion, Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski has added the Asia Championship title to his CV after winning what is Asia top prize in racing and was formerly known as the FEMCA Championships. Racing at 2o26 World Championship venue Hongyu GDC, in Foshan, China, Orlowski dominated proceedings on the enclosed carpet track. A race that attracted 52 entries, the Polish driver topped four of the 5 qualifiers to secure the TQ ahead of the CRC of Japan’s Yugo Nagashima, who took Q4, with Xray’s Jan Ratheisky completing the Top 3. In the finals the order for the podium would stay as they started with Orlowski winning all three Mains. Second in A1 & 2 ahead of Shota Watanabe, Nagashima claimed second while a P2 in A3 was enough to give Ratheisky the third step on the podium on tie break with Watanabe. In 1:12 Spec, Xray’s Adam Izsay produced a clean sweep with the TQ and win ahead of Takashi Kato and Antonia Hung. This coming weekend the impressive Hongyu GDC track will host the Touring Car Asia Championships and Red RC are travelling straight from the IFMAR 1:8 Onroad Worlds in Chile to cover the action.

Image: Hongyu GDC

December 7, 2025

Takahata becomes 2-time World Champion in Chile

It’s a very elusive club and up to now it has been exclusive to Italians, but today in Chile Mugen Seiki’s Shoki Takahata became a multiple 1:8 Onroad World Champion with a perfectly executed 1-hour main. Starting from fourth on the grid, once the 2019 World Champion worked his way to the front he would take control of the race eventually winning by over a lap from Simon Kurzbuch to give the new MRX7 a 1-2 finish. Takahata’s win would be made all the easier after issues for Top Qualifier Andrea Catanzani, who needed to make a body change in the race, and star of this week’s action Maxime Ripoll, the French teenager robbed of a second place finish as reward for his impressive efforts when his engine came to halt with 6-minutes remaining. While Kurzbuch benefited from this, with a fast charging Catanzani recovering ground, there would be a late & intense battle for the runner-up spot that also involved Capricorn’s Toni Gruber, the trio all running together on track. As the race approached the final minute, Catanzani having just got passed Gruber would then attempt a pass on Kurzbuch but contact was made resulting in his Serpent having a spin as the other two continued. The super fast Italian, who was the only driver to run a 17-second lap in the Main, would however get back up to Gruber and snatch the final podium position on the last corner of the last lap.

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